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Langston Hughes & the Harlem Renaissance

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Langston Hughes is and will forever be a prolific play write but that did not come without struggle from his own people his strong ability to work well with others and his strong story telling skills that articulated black life. Langston Hughes was a spokesman at a time where very few black people had a voice very much not so in the public eye and the other black writers disliked Langston because they thought he had a stereotypical view of […]

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Accepting Loss in One Art and Looking for the Gulf Motel

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Poetry has a different purpose, whether for the poet who wrote it or the audience it is being read to, or those reading it. The purpose for the poetry for the poet could be to communicate events that have gone on or to express a certain emotion the poet maybe having. For the audience, the purpose could be relating to these emotions or events written about by the author. The purpose of the writing in the poems “One Art” by […]

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“Miniver Cheevy,” by E.A. Robinson, “Harlem,” by Langston Hughes

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“Miniver Cheevy,” by E.A. Robinson, “Harlem,” by Langston Hughes, and “In a Station of the Metro,” by Ezra Pound, are poems that have characteristics which are similar, while still having other characteristics which differ. The theme of the poems are similar --; they are about despondent people --, but they differ in plot, structure and writing style. The poets use specific techniques to interact with the reader’s emotions. Each poet also incorporates a confusing element that catches the reader by […]

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Langston Hughes Vision of African American Culture in “I, Too” and “Dream Variations”

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The period of the Harlem Renaissance was a time of great change and exploration for American culture, specifically African Americans. Early in the twentieth century, African Americans were exploring their cultural and social roots (Harlem). One of America’s more influential poets and playwrights during the period was none other than Langston Hughes (Jayakar). Hughes more famous works include his social justice masterpiece “I, Too”, as well as “Dream Variations” which enriches the reader in African culture being seen in African […]

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The Fall of National Identity in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

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The protagonist in “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, is Okonkwo he is a man who grew up with little to nothing in his pocket, nothing to inherit but, he made a name for himself. He was the first person to beat the fiercest wrestler in the village, “Amalinze was the great wrestler who for seven years was unbeaten, from Umofia to Mbaino.”(Pg.1) Okonkwo was very strong and helpful to his village, but he was very mean […]

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Exploring Identity Conflicts in Langston Hughes’ Poem

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In this essay we will analyze Langston Hughes’ poem “Theme for English B.” This poem was published in 1951 and forms part of Hughes’ poetry book Montage of a Dream Deferred. Most of Hughes’ poetry focuses on African-American people, their lives, their struggles, their fight for justice, and their culture. In this particular poem, the speaker is an African-American student in a prestigious university. The poem is a response from the student to his English professor’s assignment. Hughes uses rhyme, […]

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Through the Eyes of Victor Hernandez Cruz

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Immigration remains a controversial and highly debated topic in the United States. Parties continuously bicker over the correct policies and procedures regarding immigrants; many politicians, and citizens have strong opinions regarding immigration. However, many people lack experiences as immigrants, although the United States remains no stranger to immigration, as it was founded by immigrants. Award-winning poet Victor Hernandez Cruz often composed poems based around his experiences of immigration, and blending cultures. Cruz began life in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, and […]

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Poems “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “Still i Rise”

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Many people don’t know the importance of poems. Poems can be used as a symbol of expression through feelings, sounds, and in many poems, literary devices are used very frequently. Poetry is a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure. My perception of poems are just a fun and unique way to express strong emotion. […]

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Poem “The Road not Taken” by Robert Frost

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Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken,” is about the internal journey and conflict people face when they are standing in front of a difficult decision alone with no help or guidance. The speaker is walking in the woods when they come upon a fork in the road. Naturally, the fork in the road forces the speaker to have to choose which side to continue walking on, which is symbolic for choosing the path in life the speaker will take. […]

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Langston Hughes’s “Theme for English B”

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Can a white person understand the black experience in America? Langston Hughes’s “Theme for English B” is a poem about his experience as the only African American male in his class. His assignment is to write a page about whatever comes to his mind as long as it’s true. Hughes, however, has the writer’s block and doubts about what to write. By the end of the poem, the student concludes that “it is true” that the instructor and Hughes are […]

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Billy Collins Brings Vivid Imagery

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Billy Collins the U S Poet Laureate Lilima Lamichhane 1:00- 2:30 MO1 Billy Collins brings vivid imagery of things and depicting scenes through his words. Which connects reader to their own life and engages readers constantly. His works reflects great sense of humor, heartfelt, a moral knowledge, emotionally driven which he gained from his mother. He is the most popular poet in America. He was the U.S. poet laureate 2001-2003.His work has to do with a sense that we are […]

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Discuss the Reasons Langston Hughes

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Twentieth century writer, Langston Hughes, was celebrated for being “Poet of the People.” Hughes poems were about the struggles of black men and women, black men and women who didn’t get recognized for their artistry, and even about his community. Through this same poetry, he spoke against racism, promoted equality, and celebrated black people as a whole. Hughes understood that the “American” experience wasn’t the same for every citizen because at the time, African Americans were discriminated against and oppressed. […]

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On Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

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When winter arrives in the year, with it brings a pause in movement. The growth of plants and vegetation is interrupted and concealed by layers of fluffy white. Everything is frozen in time and place when winter succeeds fall. An appropriate choice for Robert Frost’s poem, the setting of winter appears to have the same effect on the narrator as it would on the plants and trees around him. The most prominent action the narrator does in the poem is […]

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The Divine Dariana Week

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Today’s world is full of so many different cultures and languages; its diversity is continuously increasing, and there is always something new to be learned. One specific example of the variety of the world we live in is the many different holidays and the different people groups that celebrate them. Looking into the different beliefs and traditions of the billions of people around the world show how different life is depending on where someone lives or what people choose to […]

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Same-Sex Desire in Victorian Religious Culture

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Hopkins viewed same-sex love as something brought on by God through creation, but depicts that same-sex love should not be done physically, but rather mentally and internally, which ultimately is suppressing one’s sexuality. This differs from depictions of same-sex love that is familiar to us in the early 21st century where same sex love is openly embraced, even by rainbow flags. However, the 21st century is more receptive and acceptive to the gay community versus Hopkins’ generation and time during […]

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The Journey of “The Road not Taken”

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is, by his own words described as a very tricky piece of poetry to interpret. It is referred to as the most misread and misunderstood poem of our time. What was Frost trying to convey as he wrote the piece? I’m reminded of the theory that often the most obvious answer is the most overlooked, and apply it here. The poem addresses one main subject throughout: the choice between the two paths. As […]

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William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet

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A man who lived over 400 years ago with most records about him and his life sadly long gone and lost. Though to the world, he is known as an English poet, a playwright, an actor, and a partner in a leading acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men which was renamed the King’s men in 1603. To others, he is known as one of the greatest writers to have ever used the English language. His plays have been translated in […]

Navigating Life’s Choices: Lessons from ‘The Road not Taken’ and ‘Poof’

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Through this class, we’ve read many poems, plays, and short stories, ranging in different backgrounds, from past romances, symbolic messages, to rape and violence. Much of the poems we read stuck out to me, as some did not. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost was my favorite poem that we read this year. As some people would say “the most misread poem”; David Orr, a writer for The Paris Review stated, “this isn’t just any poem. It’s “The Road […]

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Author’s Style in Things Fall Apart and Lord of the Flies

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The writing in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, is different than what I normally read. I think this has to do with the proverbs that are used. Achebe uses lyrical and visual language through the use of proverbs and short stories to provide a photographic view of the Ibo’s culture. “Yam, the king of crops, was a very exacting king. For three or four moons it demanded hard work and constant attention from the cock-crow till the chickens went […]

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An Analysis of Emily Dickinson’s Poem “Because i could not Stop for Death”

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Emily Dickinson was a leading female poet in the United States with huge contributions to the world of poetry. Throughout the course of her life, she devoted herself to writing many fascinating poems and created over 1800 poems before her demise. She created poems that touched on topics in sincere and genuine ways while offering an exciting exploration of every single piece of literature. Regrettably, Just a few of her poems were distributed, and it is the after-death compilations that […]

Emily Dickinson’s Critique of Women’s Role in Society

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Emily Dickinson wrote My Life Had Stood- a Loaded Gun in the early 1860s. The poem details the thoughts of a woman whose job in life is to be the wife of her husband. The narrator describes her life as one devoted to the master’s protection. This led Raymond P. Tripp Jr., an English Professor at the University of Denver, to conclude that this poem detailed the poet’s spiritual awakening when he declared the poem: …does not support currently popular […]

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Emily Dickinson’s Exploration of Faith and Science in Response to Darwinism

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Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel written by Mary Shelley and first published in January 1818. Shelley tells the story of scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a dreadful, intelligent creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Throughout the novel, the creature consistently questions his existence. Charles Darwin published his pivotal scientific work On the Origin of Species in 1859. Within its pages, Darwin’s book introduced the theory that species evolve through a process of natural selection, which explained that […]

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Emily Dickinson and Abraham Lincoln’s Views on the American Civil War

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Wars, beyond a victory or a winner, bring sacrifices, death, pain, crying, orphans, and mothers who lose their children and remain disconsolate. Unfortunately, for a war to end, there must be a winner (I say this because I do not believe that after so much pain, a victory can be enjoyed). At the end of the American Civil War, as in any other war, there was a winning side (in this case, the North), but there was also. As a […]

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An Analysis of Emily Dickinson’s Tell all the Truth but Tell it Slant

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The poem Tell all the truth but tell it to slant by Emily Dickinson presents the clashing relationship on whether truth is subjective or objective. Right off the bat, the first line of the poem introduces readers to the main controversial issue: tell the truth, but tell it slant. In other words, tell the truth, but not the whole truth, because that is when everything goes downhill; at least, in the speaker’s opinion, it does. In this poem, Dickinson presents […]

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Foundations of Music as an Art of Heartwarming Publications

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"In this paper I hope to open your mind to the foundations of music as an art of heart-warming publications. Langston Hughes helps us relate to the genre of the blues, to a release of sorrow and, how “negro struggles” could be worked through by listening to the blues. John Keats gives us his example of how the night gale’s song represents an unbothered presence that is disconnected from the tragedies of day, afterlife, and moral concerns. Langston Hughes and […]

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Exposition of the Road not Taken

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In the classroom and in literary circles, the interpretation of Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is widely accepted as a mantra for individuality; shedding light on the origins of the poem conveys a different meaning. Looking more closely at the poem reveals there is a much deeper story. A story of loss of what might have been, and resolving that one can never know what would have resulted had another choice been made. In order to fully grasp the complexity […]

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Langston Hughes Biography and Life

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Langston Hughes was an American writer who expressed his interest in cultural nationalism especially during the time period of the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes was a firm believer in having dreams and becoming a better version of oneself. In his poem “Mother to Son”, he incorporates the theme of not giving up after your dreams while in his poem “Harlem” it depicts the theme if one would give up or put their dreams on hold. Both poems have themes of aspiring […]

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Ancient Greece Modern Comparison Project

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Since the Grecian times, poems have been a very integral and influential part of every culture. Poems have affected whole countries at a time by expressing emotion, deep feelings, and a sense of what is beautiful about the world. From India to America, people have always drawn important parts of life and history from poems. A couple of the most unforgettable and prominent poets of all time include Homer and William Shakespeare. For my comparison essay, I will analyze the […]

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Analysis of “The Road not Taken”

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“The Road Not Taken” shows the difficulty one might face making what appears to be a life altering decision, allowing him to pave his own way into the real world. It is only in his elder years he realizes that the decision he made was of such significance. Frost’s use of iambic tetrameter is four stanzas with five lines maintaining the ABAAB rhyme scheme. This only stresses four syllables instead of the five. The speaker is a conflicted man taking […]

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Unforgotten Think

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“I, Too,” is a personal poem written by Langston Hughes. “I, Too,” is a free verse poem of 18 short, powerful lines, and is made up of 5 stanzas. In this poem Langston Hughes uses the setting, imagery, tone and particular themes to express his feeling of being an unforgotten American due to his skin color. Hughes uses poetry in order to speak out about the oppression that he was receiving. Hughes claims that he, too, is an American even […]

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